Barbara Kiser
Barbara Kiser is a commissioning editor and books columnist at Nature. An editor and writer for over three decades with a special interest in sustainability and environmental policy, she has worked at New Scientist, SciDev.net, UN agencies and the UK government.
Interviews with Barbara Kiser
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The Moon: A History for the Future
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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
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The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
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The Gendered Brain
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Waters of the World
by Sarah Dry
The Best Science Books of 2019, recommended by Barbara Kiser
The Best Science Books of 2019, recommended by Barbara Kiser
It’s been another fabulous year for science books that make important scientific developments accessible to a general audience. Barbara Kiser, Books & Arts Editor at Nature, talks us through her favourite science books of 2019.
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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
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The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
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The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
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A Lab of One’s Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War
by Patricia Fara
The Best Science Books of 2018, recommended by Barbara Kiser
The Best Science Books of 2018, recommended by Barbara Kiser
“As life on Earth is rocked by conflict and environmental crisis, these serene little scientific emissaries remind us of how different it can be when we collaborate selflessly in the getting of knowledge.” Barbara Kiser, veteran science journalist and the books and arts editor at Nature, chooses the best science books of 2018.
